Carrier profile · USDOT 1247640 · MC-489960 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

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312 power unitsavg 8.7 yrNational · 17 statesKENERSVILLE, NC88/100
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 16.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 232 vehicle and 574 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

30.4% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 1.9 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

557 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 39

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 312-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
312
Inspections · 24 mo
574
Annualized
≈287 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
13%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving83 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance81 · 23 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 27 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 122 total · 24 in 24 mo

122
Total crashes
24
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
48
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268077
20259058
2024160914
2023120312
2022140414
2021130313
20204124
20194004
20188037
20173023
20162012
20152002
20145045
20131001
20122002
20115024
20103003
20097036
20082002
20072102
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 7, 2026NC01Yes
Apr 22, 2026NC01Yes
Mar 31, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 6, 2026NC02Yes
Mar 6, 2026NC01Yes
Feb 23, 2026NC02No
Jan 27, 2026NC02Yes
Jan 6, 2026NC01Yes
Oct 24, 2025SC01Yes
Oct 6, 2025NC01Yes
Sep 17, 2025NC00Yes
Aug 25, 2025NC01No
May 27, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 31, 2025NC01Yes
Mar 21, 2025MI01Yes
Mar 19, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 23, 2025VA00Yes
Dec 5, 2024NC01No
Nov 29, 2024OH01No
Nov 26, 2024NC01Yes
Nov 22, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 13, 2024GA02Yes
Oct 8, 2024NC00Yes
Sep 24, 2024NC00Yes
Aug 2, 2024SC01Yes